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Show Musical group succeeds Our Readers Write Bountiful City blamed for Orchard Drive problems Dear Editor: On its premier public performance, perfor-mance, The News American Symphony, Sym-phony, Ballet and Opera Association Associa-tion thrilled, excited and delighted everyone. The performance began with a traditional classical work, "Cosi Van Tutti" by MozarL The musicians musi-cians performed this piece seemingly seeming-ly without error. The performance of the "New World Symphony" by Dvorak displayed the beauty and depth of a great symphony orchestra. or-chestra. During intermission the carpet, which had been rolled out to protect the dance floor, was removed remov-ed and the orchestra went to the pit. A special plaque, recognizing Dr. Palumbo for conducting the premier performance, was presented to him by Mr. Swenson, the orchestra manager and trustee of the new association. As a grand finale a specially choreographed version of the "Sleeping Beauty Suite' was presented by two combined ballet schools. The Clytie Adams Ballet School of Kaysville and the Penelope Dudleston Mckay School of Ogden. The Tschaikovsky music is inherently beautiful, but few can imagine the combined impact of the music and these beautiful young dancers. Some of them were wearing wear-ing costumes with wings large enough to fly. All residents along the Wasatch Front will undoubtedly want to hear and enjoy the upcoming works of this new organization and with this intro, Layton has now been placed on the map as a leading cultural community. Catherine Palmer, President Layton Arts Council member trustee The New American Symphony, Ballet and Opera Association Dear Editor: A recent series of events has brought to our attention a letter, from Bountiful City official, Jack Balling, addressed to UDOT. This letter concerns progress along the Orchard Drive Construction Project and the city's unhappincss with the way the State has dealt with the project. pro-ject. As homeowners along Orchard Drive, we have had many personal concerns with the manner in which this project has been carried out. We were concerned to find our own situation mentioned in this letter to the State. Since we feel that Jack Balling has misrepresented us in this letter, we would like the chance to "clear up" our views on the matter. In his letter, Mr. Balling calls to light the number of complaints by homeowners about the project, and he elaborates on some of the (apparently) (ap-parently) more serious ones. (Ours among them.) He then blames TJDOT for these "breakdowns in communication" over the project. Contrary to Mr. Balling's opinion, we would like to take the opportunity opportuni-ty to thank the many UDOT officials offi-cials who have helped us through our many problems. In many instances, in-stances, after reaching an impasse with Bountiful City, we turned to UDOT officials, who have generously solved the problems. Even when solutions were beyond their powers, UDOT took the time to explain the issues to us. These officials generally treated our yard and home respectfully and were as considerate to our yard as they would be to their own yards. We cannot say the same for Bountiful City officials. In fact, the major problems we have had during construction, have all arisen from the City's designs for Orchard Drive. We feel, therefore, that the sole responsibility for problems must rest with the city and not with the State. Yet, the City has not solved one single problem for us. In his letter, Jack Balling states that "Horslcy...is seeking monetary relief and an attorney," for their problems. It was Balling himself who suggested that we not come back to his office again without an attorney. He assumed this attitude the first time we approached him for an explanation of the situation. The many damages our property has sustained have been deemed by him to be "insignificant, and do not warrant correction." However, we who have to live with them for the rest of our lives do not deem them insignificant (an attitude which UDOT supports). In addition, after receiving many untruths from Mr. Balling about our major problem, (an issue far too complex to elaborate upon here) the City has made veiled threats that our front yard could be "rezoned to allow for a billboard or a Snow Shack to be erected on the lawn," if we do not follow the City's solutions solu-tions to the issue. We suggest this is not responsible government. Although not all of our problems concerning this project have been solved to our satisfaction, we commend com-mend UDOT for the fairness they have displayed in manners under their jurisdiction. We cannot commend com-mend Bountiful City for their own problem-solving tactics, and suggest sug-gest the City Officials involved have forgotten where their responsibilities respon-sibilities lie. Further, we feel the The editor invites and welcomes letters for publication pub-lication in these columns. However, they must be signed and also bear the writer's address and telephone number. There is a limit of two per month from any one contributor and letters will not be printed without including the writer's name. The length should not exceed 500 words. City has shirkid both its legal and moral obligations for damages arising aris-ing from their own design. Finally, we would like to caution residents living in Phase III; we expected the City to deal with us in good faith, and we were let down time and time again. Beware! Julia and David Horsley Bountiful |